The owner of Sticks and Steel in downtown Sioux Falls has acquired one of her vendors.

Terri Schuver, owner of the retail store and the metal artwork business Prairie Dance Inc., bought Denver-based Vine Street Distributing Inc., which does business as Spunky Fluff.

Schuver, who opened Sticks and Steel 16 years ago in the 8th & Railroad retail area, has sold the Spunky Fluff line for more than a year.

Production for Spunky Fluff will move to Sioux Falls in early August. Schuver said she will expand into another building a half block away with her studio to have room to produce the products.

Schuver wants to grow the wholesale business for Spunky Fluff, and also will add new designs.

“We do plan to carry on Kristen’s line as it stands, but we will be adding some new Christmas things,” she said.

After sharing a showroom at Americasmart in Atlanta, Schuver and Bangs felt there would be increased opportunities for both their businesses if they were managed as one.

“Kristen (Bangs) felt selling was the right thing to do, so I asked what it would take to buy the business,” Schuver said. “It has been a bit like an adoption, with one mother handing her baby to another.”

Vine Street was founded by Bangs in 2011, and it makes colorful wooden signs and magnets carried in more than 100 U.S. craft and home décor store.

Prairie Dance marks its 20th anniversary this year of producing metal artwork and accessories sold in more than 200 stores in 43 states. The Sioux Falls-based production team crafts more than 100 different rusted metal designs including magnetic photo frames, wine racks, memo boards, wall art, sculptures and home décor.

This is an example of the metal work made by Prairie Dance, which is sold at Sticks and Steel.(Photo: Submitted photo)

Sticks and Steel serves as a retail storefront for Prairie Dance, Spunky Fluff and hundreds of other American artists and craftspeople, offering a curated collection of artful goods for everyday living.

“Our Prairie Dance team is very excited to start producing colorful, creative magnets that will perfectly complement our line of magnetic frames, as well as continuing to create and sell the signature Spunky Fluff wall art,” Schuver said. “We see tremendous potential to grow this already successful business and feel so privileged that Kristen is trusting us with the product lines she developed.”